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This is the home page of the Wellington Green Party. Read on for local issues, events and how to get involved.

The Rimutaka Greens have a wiki, also

December Wellingreen up now

30 Oct 2008

All the information needed for the last week of the campaign. Broadband and dialup versions. Read and win 12 Green MPs!

Green Party Election Night Party

The Craftsman Bar - corner of Courtenay Place & Cambridge Terrace, Wellington
Sat, 8 Nov 2008 at 7pm
11pm

Come celebrate the end of the election.

Another town, another highway

04 Nov 2008

The Green Party today warned communities along the path of John Key’s election schedule to cancel all appointments with the would-be Prime Minister or risk having a multi-lane highway fast-tracked through their town.
 

Wellington Transport Plan

21 Oct 2008

Photo courtesy of Nick ServianThe Green Party’s vision for Wellington region will make life easier, giving you more choices and saving you money. Our plan builds on Wellington’s strengths - many people already walk and cycle, and Wellington's public transport use is the highest in New Zealand. Our plan will get you home faster, more safely, with more choice and less cost.

0% able to identify where their food comes from

03 Nov 2008

A quiz of 100 Wellingtonians in Manners Mall today highlights the urgent need for mandatory country of origin labelling of our food, Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says.

“Not one person out of 100 people was able to correctly guess where the eight foods in our quiz come from,” Ms Kedgley says.

Green Light for Community Conservation Fund

24 Sep 2008

Involving the community in conservation is a highly cost effective way to maximise public involvement and support for conservation initiatives. The projects set to be funded will further empower communities to return to a relationship of kaitiakitanga with their natural environment - restoring a local stream is one of the most practical steps we can take to act locally in response to massive problems like climate change and the loss of biodiversity.

Key cornered on different ETS versions

30 Oct 2008

John Key’s attempts to evade discussing his party’s position on the Emissions Trading Scheme came to an abrupt end today when he was cornered by Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons in a Paraparaumu mall.

Public demonstration against the Basin Reserve flyover

Greater Wellington Regional Council, 142 – 146 Wakefield St
Fri, 31 Oct 2008 at 12:30pm
1pm

Despite public consultation urging against the Basin Reserve flyover, the Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) has recently agreed on plans that would see construction begin in 2011/12. Of the submissions received by the GWRC regarding the flyover, 79% did not support its construction. Wellingtonians have been ignored.

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